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High stakes hearing: Meghalaya High Court addresses unlawful rat-hole mining after Committee's startling report
Posted on 06 Dec, 2023 02:56 PMMeghalaya High Court confronts ongoing illicit rat-hole coal mining: Committee's alarming report sparks legal and environmental concerns
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The Forest Rights Act empowers Odisha women to protect their forests
Posted on 06 Dec, 2023 10:17 AMThe forest rights act helps women take lead to protect their forests in Odisha
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A healthy soil is the foundation of crop productivity and sustainability
Posted on 05 Dec, 2023 02:51 PMAccording to a 2022 report by FAO, soil has been declared finite by the United Nations, which predicts catastrophic soil loss within 60 years. Worldwide, soil degradation could cost $23 million by 2050 due to the loss of food, ecosystem services, and income.
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Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems
Posted on 01 Dec, 2023 04:48 PMBackground
Recent data shows that the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has covered more than 70 percent of the habitations in terms of connecting households, and the need for understanding the field implementation issues particularly in terms of long-term sustainability of this exercise is enormous.
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Public expects transparency on climate action, APCO survey finds
Posted on 01 Dec, 2023 03:20 PMClimate change is the biggest emergency for people around the world, but they are divided on how to address it, according to APCO Worldwide’s inaugural global Climate Action Confidence Tracker, conducted in partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
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Sorting for circularity India toolkit launched
Posted on 30 Nov, 2023 07:56 PMLeveraging insights from Wealth in Waste, Fashion for Good releases a toolkit designed to revalorise textile waste in India. Celebrating the closure of the Sorting for Circularity India Project, a conference in New Delhi on December 1 and 2, hosted in collaboration with Laudes Foundation, IDH, Canopy, and Reverse Resources, will focus on developing a roadmap to circularity.
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Preserve the ecological integrity of rivers
Posted on 28 Nov, 2023 04:04 PMThe India Rivers Forum is a vibrant and active network of organisations and individuals that are committed to the conservation and safeguarding of our rivers against needless and detrimental development. Every year, India Rivers Forum organises the India Rivers Week to raise awareness regarding these issues.
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Innovation in the face of CSR compliance
Posted on 19 Nov, 2023 07:09 PMThis study explores the impact of social policies, specifically India's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Regulation of 2013 (Section 135), on corporate innovation.
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Unmasking gender disparities in Indian sanitation
Posted on 17 Nov, 2023 12:15 PMInadequate sanitation poses significant global risks, affecting over four billion people. Insufficient access to proper facilities leads to social, psychological, and physical threats, contributing to 6.3% of global deaths. India, with one billion residents, grapples with open defecation, affecting half the population.
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Maharashtra village overcomes its water woes through collective action
Posted on 16 Nov, 2023 02:22 PMMaharashtra village overcomes its water woes through collective action
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